Engineering & Mining Journal

MAR 2013

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MARCH 2013 • VOL 214 • NUMBER 3 FEATURES Niche Machines for Narrow-Vein Mining While the world's major mines focus on bulk extraction, narrow-vein deposits demand a different approach—and different equipment. E&MJ; looks at the possibilities.......................................................................32 African Leaders Gather in Cape Town to Discuss the Future of Mining While South Africa's industry appears mired in gloom, elsewhere on the continent things look considerably brighter ..................................................38 Improve Underground Safety with Higher Network Intelligence A new system supports underground safety requirements more cost-efficiently by using a mine's operational network infrastructure to manage critical safety functions................................................................44 Munich Hosts World's Largest Equipment Exhibition Mining equipment and mineral processing technology will be one of the bright spots for the 2013 bauma trade fair ........................................50 Powering Up Connecting to the grid is any large mining project's ultimate power-supply goal, but when that isn't possible—either temporarily or permanently—diesel genset systems offer many flexible solutions ..........59 Special Report: Mining in the Philippines Revisiting the rim ..........................................................................................63 LEADING DEVELOPMENTS Anglo American, Barrick and Kinross Report Major Asset Impairments............4 Silver Wheaton Acquires Gold Streams from Vale ............................................5 Coeur Wins Bidding for Orko Silver ..................................................................5 Harmony Reaches Agreements with Unions to Re-open Kusasalethu ..............6 CN Suspends Labrador Trough Rail Study ........................................................6 AROUND THE WORLD U.S. & Canada: Hecla Resumes Lucky Friday Mine Operations ........................8 Latin America: First Majestic Starts Up at Del Toro ......................................14 Australia/Oceania: Tropicana Project Heading for Q4 2013 Production ........16 Africa: De Beers Commits to New Mine Development at Venetia ..................18 Asia: Oyu Tolgoi Produces First Concentrate ..................................................20 Europe: KGHM Releases Technical Report on its Copper-Silver Operations....22 Exploration Roundup: British Columbia Cutting Regulatory Red Tape ..........24 Narrow Vein....32 www.e-mj.com Indaba....38 Organizers are expecting more than 500,000 people to make their way to Munich for the world's largest equipment exposition. E&MJ; offers readers a preview of the minerals extraction aspect of the trade show, which has exciting announcements for surface mining, underground mining, bulk materials handling and minerals processing. DEPARTMENTS Calendar ......................................................28 Classified Advertisements ............................86 Equipment Gallery ........................................82 From the Editor ..............................................2 Markets ........................................................88 Operating Strategies ....................................75 People ..........................................................12 Processing Solutions ....................................80 Suppliers Report ..........................................78 This Month in Coal........................................26 Mine Power....59 MARCH 2013 • E&MJ; 1

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